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Angeles, Calif., assignors to Commercial Controls Corporation, a corporation of Delaware Original application June 16, 1944, Serial No. 540,728. Divided and this application January 6 Claims.

This invention relates to registering mechanism and more particularly to mechanism of the above type for use in connection with a mail stamping machine or the like.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide registering mechanism which is simple, thoroughly practical, and durable in use. Another object is to provide a construction of the above character which will be efficient and accurate in operation. Another object is to provide a construction of the above character which may be manufactured from inexpensive materials without undue labor costs. Another object is to provide a machine of the above character which may be assembled or repaired with extreme ease and few tools. Another object is to provide accurate and efiicient mechanism of the above character for registering the amount printed. Another object is to provide a construction of the above character which will be light in weight. Other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed out hereinafter.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements, and arrangements of parts, all as will be illustratively described herein, and the scope of the application which will be indicated in the following claims.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings, in which is shown one of the various possible embodments of this invention,

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the machine with the housing removed;

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the machine, certain parts being removed for purposes of clarification;

Figure 3 is a rear elevation of the machine, certain parts being removed for purposes of clarification;

Figure 4 is a side elevation of one of the side plates of the machine;

Figure 5 is an end View of the supporting plate shown in Figure 6;

Figure 6 is a side elevation of a supporting plate;

Figure 7 is a side elevation of one of the side plates of the machine;

Figure 8 is a top plan view of the side plate shown in Figure 7;

Figure 9 is a side elevation of another supporting plate;

Figure 10 is a top plan view of the supporting plate shown in Figure 9;

Figure 11 is a perspective view of the mechanism mounted on the base of the machine;

Figure 12 is a vertical section taken on the line lZ-IZ of Figure 1, certain parts being shown in section and others in elevation;

Figure 12a is a side elevation of a portion of the aligning mechanism taken from the line l2a-l2a of Figure 12;

Figure 13 is a diagrammatic showing of one unit of the digit registering mechanism of the machine;

Figures 14 and 15 diagrammatically illustrate the operation of a portion of the digit registering mechanism when the setting lever of that unit is set at zero;

Figures 16 and 17 diagrammatically illustrate the operation of a portion of the registering mechanism when the setting lever is set to register and print a sum;

Figure 18 is a vertical section taken on the line iii-l8 of Figure 1, certain parts of the machine being removed for purposes of clarification;

Figures 19, 20, 21, and 22 illustrate the relative positions of the cams which actuate the transfer mechanism;

Figure 23 is a diagrammatic showing of the transfer mechanism;

Figure 24 is a vertical section taken on the line 2 l24 of Figure 1;

Figure 25 is a side elevation of a portion of the transfer mechanism taken substantially on the line 25-25 of Figure 23, certain parts being shown in section and others in elevation;

Figure 26 is a horizontal section taken through the machine substantially on the line 26-26 of Figure 23, certain parts being removed for purposes of clarification;

Figures 27 and 27a diagrammatically illustrate the operation of a portion of the transfer mechanism actuated by one of the counterwheels of the descending register;

Figures 28 and 28a diagrammatically show the operation of the portion of the transfer mechanism actuated by one of the counterwheels of the ascending register;

Figures 29, 29a, 30, and 30a diagrammatically illustrate the resetting of the transfer mechanism and the locking of the setting lever segment during an operating cycle;

Figure 31 is a vertical section taken substantially on the line 3l-3l of Figure 1; 

